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http://dx.doi.org/10.7731/KIFSE.2014.28.2.001

Study on the Thermal Protective Performance Measurements of Fire Fighter's Protective Clothing for Low Level Radiant Heat Exposures  

Lee, Jun-Kyoung (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungnam Univ.)
Bang, Young-Jun (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungnam Univ.)
Bang, Chang-Hoon (Fire & Disaster Prevention Engineering, Kyungnam Univ.)
Kwon, Jung-Suk (Fashion and Clothing, Kyungnam Univ.)
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Fire Science and Engineering / v.28, no.2, 2014 , pp. 1-8 More about this Journal
Abstract
Despite advancements in the development of synthetic fibers and materials that provide better insulation, fire burn injuries remain a significant issue. To ensure adequate protection, clothing and equipment must be selected on the basis of performance. There are different standards like ISO standards applicable to each of the various types of clothing used by fire fighters. But, in most cases, the tests are performed in the conditions of high heat flux exposure, the clothing material can be destroyed easily. Thus the effective way to investigate the protective performance for the low (radiant) heat flux conditions should be needed. Therefore improved RPP (Radiant Protective Performance) test method based on the onset of pain burn injury was suggested. Experiments were performed to verify the proposed method with current protective clothing for fire fighters and the transient heat transfer characteristics were identified, also. Moreover, several protective performance indices were acquired from experimental results to analyze their relations.
Keywords
Fire fighters; Protective clothing; RPP (Radiant Protective Performance); Onset of pain burn injury;
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